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GATE. No. 308,274. Patented Nov. 18,1884.

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JEREMIAH G. MILLER, OF SOUTH \VHITLEY, INDIANA.

GATE.

SPECIFICATION forming part *of Letters Patent No. 308,274, dated November 18, 1884.

Application filed March $0, 1884. (No model.)

To a whom it may concern.-

Be itknown that I, JEREMIAH G. MILLER, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of South Whitley, in the county of \Vhitleyand State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Gates; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to makeand use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification, and in which- Figure 1 is a perspective View of my improved gate, showing it open. Fig. 2 is a similar view of the gate closed. Fig. 3 is a detail view of the hinge or swinging-gate support. Fig. 4 is a longitudinal vertical section of the same through line 00 :r, Fig. 3; and Fig. 5 is a vertical cross-section through line y Fig. 4.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

My invention has relation to swinging gates adapted to slide upon a swinging hinge or support; and it consists in the detailed construc tion and combination of parts of a gate of that class, as will be hereinafter more fully de scribed and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, A denotes the hinge-post, and Bthe latch-post, ofmyimproved gate. (Shown at 0.) Some of the parallel rails or planks of the latter project beyond the end piece, so as to form keys D, adapted to engage mortises Ein the latch-post when the gate is closed. Upon the hinge-post is fastened a bracket, F, having two wings set at right angles to each other to fit the post, upon which they are fastened by screws or bolts inserted through bolt-holes G. Inserted between the projecting top and bottom parts of the bracket is an arm, H, the middle part of which is enlarged for the insertion of the bolt or pintle I, upon which the arm is hinged in such a manner that it is free to be turned against and parallel to either of the adjacentsides of the hin ge-post. At opposite ends of the horizontal arm H are fastened the upwardly and downwardly projecting arms J and K, which are provided with rollers L, so arranged that the roller in the upwardly-projecting arm J will support one of the rails of the gate, while the roller of the downwardly-projecting arm K bears against the top ofthe rail'next below it. In this manner it will be seen that the gate is held in ahori zontal position, free to slide forward and back across the hinge or pintle I; and in order to relieve the arm H from undue strain when the gate is thrown wide open, or when its outer end is not fastened in the latch-post, I construct the hinge-post with an arm, M, inserted into the upper corner of the same, and having its outer end bentat right angles and projecting down over the topmost rail. This arm, it will be seen, operates to prevent the gate from tilting upon its arm H, thus relieving the bolt or pintle I, upon which the gate swings, from undue strain. If desired, this upper supporting-arm, M, may be provided with africtionroller bearing against the upper edge of the top rail of the gate, thus reducing the friction in opening or closing the gate.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with'the drawings, the manner of operating my improved gate will readily be understood without requiring extended explanation. It will be seen that it may be opened partially for the passage of foot-passengers, riders on horseback, and cattle by pushing it sidewise without swinging it open, at a small expenditure of power. If more room is needed, the gate may be swung wide open, into the position shown in Fig. 1, by swinging it at right angles up against the hinge-post after it has been pushed back as far as it will go. If desired, one end of the gate may be weighted, so as to balance the other end upon the roller at the upper end of the vertical arm J when the gate is pushed back with its middle brace bearing against said arm.

It will be seen that the latch end of the gate may be raised out of the way of obstructions in the road-bed, the shape of the pivoted arm allowing a certain degree of upward play for the latch end, so that the gate will not be so easily obstructed by snow or mud or the like, as sliding and swinging gates, in which the gate can only be rolled horizontally and swung in a horizontal plane.

the arm and provided with anti'friction rollers, and the gate-panel having parallel horizontal I 5 rails, two of which travel against the rollers at the ends of the pivoted arm, as and for the purpose shown and set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereunto atfixed my signature 20 in presence of two witnesses.

JEREMIAH G. MILLER.

\Vitnesses:

GEORGE W. REASER, J AMES ARNOLD. 

